Nurse Staffing and NICU Infection Rates
March 18, 2013 | Journal Article
Understaffing of nurses in NICUs associated with an increased risk of nosocomial infection among very low birth weight infants.
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What a Difference a Week Makes: Kentucky Pioneers Healthy Baby Efforts
September 24, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) honors Ruth Ann Shepherd, MD.
Changing Birth Outcomes in Washington State
September 13, 2012
With support from RWJF, the infant mortality rate in rural Yakima County fell dramatically, says Gail Weaver, vice president for Continuum of Care at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.
ASTHO Q&A: David Lakey
September 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
David L. Lakey, MD, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, ends his term as president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, (ASTHO)at the group’s annual meeting in Austin this week. NewPublicHealth spok ...
A Three-Time Friend of the Foundation
June 18, 2012 | Story
Pamela Federline started fresh out of college on the Infant Health and Development Program, moved on to the Generalist Physician Initiative, and from there to the Covering Kids Initiative. That made for many happy memories.
Healthier Moms, Stronger Babies
May 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Louisiana is also the first state in the country to modify the birth certificate to allow for easier, real-time collection of birth outcome data on every premature baby delivered. The information we need to monitor for continuous improvement is now ...
U.S. Lags Behind 130 Other Nations in Preterm Birth Rate
May 2, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Preterm babies are born at a higher rate in the US than in 130 other countries, including many poorer nations, according to a report released today, Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth, published by the March of Dimes and almost ...
Human Capital News Roundup: Low birthweight infants, antibacterial soap, youth and tobacco advertising, and more.
April 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Surgeons do not include radiation oncologists early eno ...
Association Between Hospital Recognition for Nursing Excellence and Outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
April 25, 2012 | Journal Article
This study measured the relationship between VLBW infants and hospital recognition for nursing excellence (RNE), and shows RNE hospitals have significantly lower risk-adjusted rates for VLBW infants compared to non RNE hospitals.
Healthy Babies: HHS Adds an Initiative to Help Reduce Preterm Births
February 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Healthy Babies is the focus of the annual President’s Challenge of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and this week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put funding behind the issue as well, announcing the S ...